This unimaginative remake seriously lacks content, and its shallow gameplay certainly won't satisfy either fans of the original game nor younger players.

Almost a franchise reboot, Pokémon Black & White is your ultimate Pokémon experience. Overall better than previous generations by any means, this new installment manages to inspire on veteran players a sense of wonder and awe gone missing years ago. The new adventure flows better and is much more intriguing and challenging but of course you are not going to change your mind if you hate Pikachu and friends.

Almost a franchise reboot, Pokémon Black & White is your ultimate Pokémon experience. Overall better than previous generations by any means, this new installment manages to inspire on veteran players a sense of wonder and awe gone missing years ago. The new adventure flows better and is much more intriguing and challenging but of course you are not going to change your mind if you hate Pikachu and friends.

Even if it steals many ideas from other platforms, Kami Retro is a pretty fresh game, thanks to its colourful graphics and a catchy chiptune music. Unfortunately it would have deserved much depth and polish, especially with its awful and wrong controls. Anyway, Pawprint Games' last effort is still a fun game, recommended for the old platforms lovers.

Mototrialz is an interesting racing game, a Trial simulator with a lot of tracks and a very good level design; there are just some problems with the physic engine, particularly during the falls from the bike, but it could be considered a good purchase for all the fans.

In The Witcher: Versus our goal is to create a sequence of attack and defense that the opponent can't overcome. To achieve this we need to be lucky, no doubt about it, but also wise in selecting the right abilities to improve and the right items to buy. And the game is all about abilities and items.

Even if it's very challenging and technically great, Rainbow Six: Shadow Vanguard is ruined by chaotic and inaccurate controls. To be clear, gunfights are amusing and aiming with the gyro is easy and fun. Another problem of the game is the crowded GUI, with a lot of icons that invade the screen, while teammates and enemies suffer of a terrible AI.

Warriors: Legends of Troy is a wasted opportunity, since the Greek setting should have had a great appeal to western users. Play like Achilles, Hector or Ulysses is pretty entertaining, but the game is technically poor and even too boring, the Arena battles are repetitive, while there are no incentive to play for a long time.

The new MotoGP has a lot of good things in it: the Career mode is rich and exciting, while physics and sense of speed are really improved. The gameplay is pretty similar to the one in MotoGP 09/10, but the possibility to turn several driving assists off provides a deeper and more satisfying experience. Unfortunately the graphics is still lacking and the opponents' AI is absolutely awful.

Mass Effect 2 is still a game you shouldn't miss at all costs, and one of the best RPG's of this generation of consoles. You need an internet connection to download all of the contents which EA didn't include on the main BR disk.

On the one hand, Asphalt 3D delivers a rich single player career, a large number of online multiplayer modes and some decent 3D effects; on the other hand, the graphics are poor and suffer from frequent frame drops, while the physics are ugly. Not the racing game we were expecting from Gameloft, definitely.

Not the fantastic retro platform that we expected, Risky's Revenge is a nice little metroidvania game that suffers from a just competent but far from stellar level and game design.

More than just a visual masterpiece, Kirby Epic Yarn is a solid and cute platform game that is perfect be experienced in co-op with a casual player. With some great hardcore similar games like Super Mario Bros. Wii and Donkey Kong Country Returns on the Wii, this alternative choice is all but superfluous.

The heritage of a masterpiece such as Okami is a big burden, which Okamiden somewhat fails to fully carry on its shoulders: however, the game is so beautiful and inspiring that's easily forgiven, and it's definitely one of the best adventures on the Nintendo DS.

Torchlight is a welcome addition to the XBLA portfolio. It's still a good game with all the good and bad aspects it had a couple of years ago when it came out on Steam.

FHP is a really well-crafted game. It may be lacking in the AI and camera departements, but poker fans with a Gold Xbox Live account will love it for many months to come.

Pretty short and with ordinary gameplay, Flying Hamster reaches to stand out thanks to the cute graphics and the surreal hero.

Spires could be considered at first look just another Tower Defense Game and, in fact, so it is. However, the good realization, the dramatic history and the professional voice of the narrator make the game better than many others in this genre.

Battleheart delivers an excellent mix of immediacy and depth, thanks to a good number of levels and an engaging gameplay. The game requires some effort to overcome the latest battles: you must manage upgrades, equipment and characters in order to complete all the challenges. The graphics are really cute and stylish. Don't miss it!

Shift 2 Unleashed is a double-faced game. Besides good visuals, an incredible helmet view, realistic handling and a revamped career, we also find terrible A.I. in different ways so unfair, stupid and unpredictable, that it turns a race into a destruction derby.

Men of War: Assault Squad offers a rich and varied multiplayer component, as well as various improvements in terms of graphics and artificial intelligence. A must buy for fans of the series.

Although better than the orribile Resurrection, Painkiller: Redemption is a cheap-but-cobbled-together new chapter in a series that has nothing left to say.

Fate of the World is a bold experiment, able to deal with unusual subjects for a game and to present some original ideas. Too bad for the repetition of situations and the poorly calibrated difficulty level.

Despite the single player does not last for long and there are some defects, such as lack of interactivity with the environments, Homefront is an interesting and well told experience, with a multiplayer that can compete with the other heavyweights of the genre.

Shogun II is a great game, able to resume, improve and innovate many of the aspects that made the franchise one of the most appreciated in the world of real-time strategy games. The only true failure is an artificial intelligence that doesn't always impress, but somehow this aspect is compensated for by a much deeper multiplayer component.

Assassin's Creed Brotherhood for PC delivers stunning visuals, a huge number of missions to complete, solid gameplay (though it's not challenging at all) and an engaging story. The multiplayer modes are very fun, too. Fans of the previous Assassin's Creed episodes absolutely can't miss this one.

Precursors is one of those games that must be taken for what it is. The freedom is absolute and the mix of FPS, RPG and space battles is something quite unique. On the other hand, there are several bugs, glitches and problems large and small involving many aspects of the experience.

The Sims Medieval is a variation on the classic and successful bid. The heroes and the missions are many, the idea well-used, and there is the very high level of customization we are used to experiencing. Something new that the fans will not take long to love.